Allergies can affect anyone, including children, which can become a problem at home and school. We asked Dr. James Thompson, a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist in Chicago, to share his recommendations on how best to minimize and control environmental allergies in kids.

Fred Little, Community Member

Cuts and scrapes are very common. Some antibiotic creams or ointments can cause an allergic contact dermatitis, such as Neosporin or Bacitracin. It is important to be aware of this an allergic skin reaction can be confused for a cut that is getting infected!

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Sniffles, Community Member

Hey everyone, I am new here and just wanted to say hi! I suffer from horrible seasonal allergies and I HATE OTC anti histamines, they don't help, they just mask the pain. I feel as if I'd rather cut my noise off then suffer any longer! If anyone has any remedies or solutions, please let me know! Thanks :)

lostnlost, Community Member

I am in very pathetic situation. Because of my presence, some of my friend gets post-nasal drip, some feels itching nose and some sneeze. But i am very helpless. This is happening since last 1 year. Is it because of my body or my body heat or some body static energy. Or i am generating some unkown dust because of perspiration. Or do... Read more